Chapter 1489

“We’re even…” Stefan stared at Renee, and his voice shook as he said, “Does that mean we can start over?”

Renee’s heart skipped a beat, and for a moment, she was thrown off guard. “Stop messing around.

It’s not funny.” She never felt that they could start over. After all, many things had happened, and they were already heartbroken. If they started over, they would go down the same path and get hurt again.

“Yeah, I was just joking. If you don’t think it’s funny, I’ll stop.” Taking a deep breath, Stefan moved closer to Renee and suggested calmly, “It doesn’t mean that we have to be lovers or married if we start over… but I think we can restart our relationship. As for our future, we can wait and see what destiny holds for us. Maybe we’ll be good competitors or friends, but if nothing else… you’re the mother of my children. We can be good partners. What do you think?”

Stefan’s words calmed Renee’s tension for some reason. She swallowed and asked, “Do you really think so? Or… do you want to snatch the kids away from me?” Legally, it would be a piece of cake if the Hunt family wanted to snatch the children’s custody from her because she couldn’t even take care of herself now.

“No, the kids belong to us, and we’re not rivals. I don’t care if they’re with you or me-as long as they’re happy.” Stefan smiled and said teasingly, “You can have custody of me too.”

Renee couldn’t help but laugh. “Are you out of your mind?”

Renee’s laughter made Stefan grin too. “As you know, my brain’s a bit messed up. It’s still healing, so I hope you won’t be too hard on me.”

“Well, I won’t hate you, and you can do whatever you want as long as you don’t plot schemes, take away my kids, or target my brother.” Renee’s tone was friendly, but her boundaries were clear. She had spent the last few days worrying about future attacks on her family, and she was exhausted.

Now that she was blind, she couldn’t do much. She wouldn’t target others if they left her be.

“Okay, you have my word,” Stefan promised firmly. Frankly, he didn’t plan to plot schemes or fight against Quinton even if he hadn’t recovered his memories. If he had such intentions, he wouldn’t have gone all out to ask Owen to save Quinton. Besides, he had regained his memories now, and all he wanted to do was adore Renee. There was no way he’d do anything to harm her.

“Okay. Umm… can you go now?” Renee trusted Stefan, and felt like the past grudges between them were now gone. However, she still didn’t know how to act around him.

“Go?” Stefan casually pulled a stool over, sat down next to Renee’s bean bag and said righteously, “I’m not going anywhere.”

Renee frowned. “What?”

“Adie and Abby are here, and I’m their father. Plus, you made me promise not to take them, so…

I’m not going. I want to live with my kids,” Stefan said reasonably, carefully leaving out that he wanted to be where Renee was too.

“No, Stefan. Why are you being so shameless?” Renee groaned.

“What’s the big deal? This manor is so large, and I’m sure there’s an empty room I can stay in. I’ll stay here and work for you. I’ll take care of the kids and help them with their homework. You’ve got nothing to lose, right?”

“Well, you’re not wrong…”